Zscaler’s ThreatLabZ team recently uncovered 17 adware apps in Google Play. These are apps that run unwanted ads on your device and collect your data for marketing purposes. Unfortunately, these apps were downloaded around 120,000 times before Google was able to remove them.

Android devices are one of the more popular mobile devices, partly due to the large variety of apps available to users. Unfortunately, many of these are anything but useful. Fake apps purporting to be made by reputable developers can steal your personal data or infect your devices with malware.

Location services or location tracking is a handy feature in your Android smartphone. Enabling it has some benefits; for instance, it makes it convenient for you to find the nearest gas station using Google Maps or check in at places on Facebook. While convenient, there are some risks in allowing the apps on your phone to track your every move.

Maximize your Android device’s potential by pairing it with Google Chrome’s powerful tools. You don’t need to manage several apps to do this — you can simply sync your Android phone with Google Chrome and have everything instantly within reach.

If you have an Android device, be careful! An exceptionally dangerous Android malware known as DEFENSOR ID is currently making the rounds in the Google Play Store. The malware exploits the Accessibility Services in an Android device to evade detection by traditional security measures.

Android devices are among the most feature-rich gadgets available. The vast majority can connect to mobile networks, but unfortunately, many service plans limit the amount of data you can use each month. If you want to avoid paying overage fees or suffering from slow connection speeds, you need to monitor how much data you’re using.

There are hundreds of office apps on Google Play Store, each designed to help workers everywhere boost their productivity and efficiency. To save you the hassle of choosing the one that best suits your needs as well as your teams’, we’ve come up with a list of some of the best office apps for Android devices.

Don’t be so quick to dump that old computer! Despite being slow and clunky, your old desktop or laptop may still add value to your business. There are many uses for old PC hardware, and here are five of them.
Make a NAS server
Network-attached storage (NAS) is a server for your small business network that lets you store files that need to be shared with all the computers on the network.

This Christmas season, you can never go wrong with giving an Android tablet as a gift. Tablets serve varied purposes that can range from entertainment to education. But precisely because tablets have diverse features, it may be difficult to choose one that would best match its receiver’s lifestyle.

Just because you don’t hear much about cyberthreats involving smartphones doesn’t mean they don’t exist. At a time when phones are being used for an increasing variety of business and everyday tasks, ignoring the possibility of a mobile cyberattack could be disastrous.